diff --git a/src/node_contextify.cc b/src/node_contextify.cc
index 952acfe06f4b85..343342408b1a75 100644
--- a/src/node_contextify.cc
+++ b/src/node_contextify.cc
@@ -171,7 +171,6 @@ MaybeLocal<Context> ContextifyContext::CreateV8Context(
   Local<Context> ctx = NewContext(env->isolate(), object_template);
 
   if (ctx.IsEmpty()) {
-    env->ThrowError("Could not instantiate context");
     return MaybeLocal<Context>();
   }
 
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-worker-vm-context-terminate.js b/test/parallel/test-worker-vm-context-terminate.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..23b58ba4db14d5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/parallel/test-worker-vm-context-terminate.js
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+'use strict';
+const common = require('../common');
+const assert = require('assert');
+const vm = require('vm');
+const { Worker } = require('worker_threads');
+
+// Do not use isMainThread so that this test itself can be run inside a Worker.
+if (!process.env.HAS_STARTED_WORKER) {
+  process.env.HAS_STARTED_WORKER = 1;
+  const w = new Worker(__filename);
+  w.on('online', common.mustCall(() => {
+    setTimeout(() => w.terminate(), 50);
+  }));
+  w.on('error', common.mustNotCall());
+  w.on('exit', common.mustCall((code) => assert.strictEqual(code, 1)));
+} else {
+  while (true)
+    vm.runInNewContext('');
+}